Macropayments
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Here's another example of the macropayment stuff I've been talking about for the last few days. John Klima is editor of Electric Velocipede, which I have never read but I know of because he has published William Shunn and I heard about it on his podcast. Now (via SF Scope) I found out about this...
read articleGillmor Gang on Micropayments
As it happens, today I listened to a few weeks old episode of the GIllmor Gang, the one from August 22. In it, they talk about Pandora and tip jars and micropayments, the same sort of things I was discussing yesterday. Despite Doc Searls talking up his VRM stuff and my enormous respect for him, I...
read articleCory Doctorow on Macropayments
In his column at Locus Magazine, Cory Doctorow has a piece on "macropayments." It lays out a lot of his thinking in giving away his books for free, but also refutes the whole philosophical basis of micropayments at the same time. I like this bit: Taking someone’s money is expensive. It...
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